Warning: This post may be a bit too graphic for some.
It seems sort of shocking that there isn't already condom usage in the porn industry, but it's good to see that Derrick Burts, HIV-Positive porn star, is advocating for its usage. This shows a lot of maturity and shows responsibility.
The 24-year-old spoke to the Los Angeles Times regarding this serious issue. LA Times reporter Molly Hennessy-Fiske writes that Burts tested positive for HIV in October after getting tested at the Adult Industry Medical Healthcare Foundation in Sherman Oaks.
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| Personal photo taken from CBSNEWS |
Burts tells the LA Times that he believes that he contracted this virus during a porn performance with another male. Burts performs in straight and gay porn - he gave the facilities a list of all the other performers he had been in contact with so that it could be narrowed down to who he may have contracted this from.
According to the clinics no one on the list tested positive. Burts also has a girlfriend who tested negative.
When accusations were made that he may have contracted it from his personal sex life he told the LA Times:
"That's completely false. There is no possible way. The only person I had sex with in my personal life was my girlfriend."
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| CBS News, personal photo with girlfriend |
Burts says that during a gay porn shoot in Florida the performers used condoms during the actual intercourse, but there was no condom usage during oral sex.
He says that he makes $200-800 for filming a straight scene and $1,000-2,000 per gay scene. Again, thinking about his girlfriend in this situation. That must be one interesting relationship.
He gives advice:
"Making $10,000 or $15,000 for porn isn't worth your life. Performers need to be educated."
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